"THE CASE OF GERMANY" ERC-COG-2023 EU-GUNS SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARDING OF N. 1 RESEARCH GRANT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES - UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA, ITALY

13 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

DiSSGeA

Department

Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Geografiche e dell'Antichità - DiSSGeA

Research Field

History » Contemporary history

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Italy

Application Deadline

17 Jun 2024 - 13:00 (Europe/Rome)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

HE / ERC

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

This postdoctoral fellowship is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant 'A Disarmed Continent? Gun Culture,
Gun Control and the Making of Western Europe (c. 1870-1970)'. The project is a comparative study
integrating legal, cultural, social and practical analyses of the lawful use and possession of small firearms.
Within the general framework of the project, the postdoctoral scholar will study the case of Germany
between 1870 and 1945.
Over the course of a century (c. 1870-1970), Europe experienced a silent revolution that led to the
implementation of gun control measures and the depoliticisation and cultural deglamourisation of guns.
This transition has become one of the foundations of public order, social peace and the smooth
functioning of political systems. The overall aim of the project is to explore the causes and historical
processes that have led to this change and its implications for European history.
In the light of the existing literature and within the chronological framework of this fellowship (1870-1945),
the postdoctoral scholar will select case studies on which to focus the research, identifying the most
appropriate sources and methodologies. The postdoctoral scholar will carry out a research project based
on an integrated approach to the legal, cultural, social and practical aspects of the lawful use and
possession of small firearms by law-abiding civilians. The methodologies envisaged by the project, and
which the postdoctoral scholar will be invited to select and implement, include: a) security studies; b)entangled legal history; c) guns as material objects; d) advertising; e) gender studies.

 

The researcher must be highly motivated and collaborate with the entire research group.

The researcher must be willing to be based and work, except for periods of research abroad, at the Department.
 

Requirements

Research Field

History » Contemporary history

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

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Specific Requirements

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Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

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Selection process

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

University of Padova - Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World

Country

Italy

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.dissgea.unipd.it/selezione-2024as04-il-conferimento-di-un-assegno-d…

Contact

State/Province

Italy

City

Padova

Website

http://www.dissgea.unipd.it

Street

Via del Vescovado, 30

Postal Code

35141

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED